You know that the Corvette GT3 car is based on the C8 Z06, right? Like, same 5.5L flat plane crank engine? And the ZR-1 is a step further above that. You could argue the GTD is actually farther away given the real Mustang GT3 uses a 5.4L N/A engine , not this supercharged GTD motor. And as others have pointed out, Mult…

On a normal mustang, yes. On the GTD? The first modification will be to prep it for storage, stick it in a warehouse, and never drive it.

Yeah...I wasn’t sold on the Supra at first, but it’s hard to argue with when it’s absolutely slaying pretty much any form of amateur motorsport, and especially now that there’s a manual option. I still don’t like all the fake vents, but there’s no arguing that it’s a great car.

Also the part where they blamed it all on the new billing model. Y’know, where they can’t just bill NASA for enormous cost overruns anymore and actually have to deliver a product for the quoted cost.

Sorry, time move 56 to 57 microseconds faster per what? It should be measured in µs/s or something, no?

Heck yeah it is. And since Discovery picked it up 5 years ago, the production quality on the show has gone through the roof. Many of the bots are legitimately terrifyingly powerful now and the competition gets better every year.

Can I interest you in the Lotus Emira?

So does the Cosworth V12 in the GMA T.50 and T.33, and the engines in the Red Bull Valkyrie and the AMG ONE

But will it be able to beat a new 911 GT3 (not even the RS) around the nurburgring this time like the original completely failed to do? At 10 times the price?

Mitsubishi didn’t have any parts for them even 15-20 years ago. And there is zero aftermarket seeing as people don’t really know they exist for the most part and there were only 2500 made. The only way to get OE parts is to get them off a wrecked one.

It’s sad that these have gone up in price so much since they became legal to import into the US. They’re in the price range now where they’ll start becoming collectors items rather than things to be driven. But, parts availability is so bad on these they’d be hard to keep on the road when driven hard anyways.

The rally cars used the tiptronic auto box as far as I have heard and researched. The manuals were quite fragile

Little did they know, 30 years later those wagovan awd parts would be in high demand to swap into 500+ hp Hondas for drag racing...

This is what I was curious about - what’s the performance impact of the simulated manual thing. I think it’s super cool that they did that, I’m sure it makes it a much more enjoyable driving experience. It’s just too bad that you can’t use launch control and the extra torque boost in the manual mode. I don’t really…

I was curious so I checked pricing.

Isn’t progress great? For substantially more money than the old Hellcat, you can now get an EV Scat Pack with less horsepower and more weight! Hooray!

Too bad they didn’t give it the new GR Yaris interior too. I know it’s been somewhat divisive, but I love it. Very retro and driver-centric. Much better than the ‘ipad glued to the dashboard’ look.

Meh. The fender flares were what made the concept truck have the cool stance everyone loved. Without those this just looks like a Maverick with some wheels.

I wonder if manufacturers would rather reduce the weight of their vehicle by 800lbs, or double the range of it....

Hoo boy that’s a lot of understeer. Even the best hoons with the best machinery can’t always fight the physics of the engine being way out in front of the axle I guess.